jpdb beta

the opposite sex; isomerism

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poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)

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mint; peppermint

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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1,000; thousand

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enough about ...

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public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

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flirting; making out

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shameless; infamous; disgraceful

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

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how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

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pink

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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lovely; sweet

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happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

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jealousy; envy

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individual; private person; personal; private

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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

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to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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second (in a series)

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

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to keep to oneself; to keep secret

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to cool down one's anger

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partner

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support

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heresy

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duty; function; office; mission; task

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accomplishment; execution

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death

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quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

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in the same way as; just like

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myself

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to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

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deep breath

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ectogenesis; outside the body

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to vomit; to spit out

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(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

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front; frontage; facade; main

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crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

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direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

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way; method; means; resource; course

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

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